This is a reminder that on the syllabus your assignment is to read OEDIPUS by Sophocles, and to write a 1 1/2 page analysis of where you believe the ANAGNORISIS (scene of recognition) and PERIPETEIA (reversal) are in the play. I have put up the notes from our last class in DOCUMENTS on Blackboard, which has the definitions of Anagnorisis and Peripeteia.This is a very short paper so I do not need you to give a lengthy intro, conclusion or set of definitions of Anagnorisis and Peripeteia (I already know the definitions); I would like you to find the specific places in the play where the reversal and/or scene of recognition occur. Artistotle believed that in the best tragedies the Peripeteia immediately followed the Anagnorisis but I am curious to know whether your reading of the play finds anything different. Please be prepared to talk about your analysis.

NameInstructorCourseDateAnagnorisis (Scene of Recognition) and Peripeteia (Reversal)Playwriters use various types of tragedy in their path to arouse pity among the audience for moral purposes. Similarly, there are different instances peripeteia and anagnorisis in the play Oedipus by Sophocles that the poet uses to achieve catastrophe. In the play, peripeteia is immediately followed by anagnorisis.The first instance of anagnorisis occurs when King Oedipus realizes that the man he killed at the crossroads was his father. He becomes aware of the truth after one of his messengers reveals the story to him (Steiner et al. 38). The instance is a scene of recognition as the King was previously unaware that the man was his biological father. Moreover, he regrets killing his own father out of ignorance.The second instance of anagnorisis is evident when Oedipus finally realizes that his wife Jocasta is his biological mother, whom he married her after killing her husband. Also, his mother was not aware that the man she married after the death of her husband is her biological son (Steiner et al. 38). At the end Jocasta is tormented by the truth, which she is unable to accept, and even decides to commit suicide. On the other hand, Oedipus stabs his eye to punish himself of the misfortune that he brought on Thebes. The actions taken by the King and h

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